Chest for flatwork ironer



1933- 0. w. JOHNSON CHEST FOR FLATWORK IRONER Filed Sept. 20, 1930 2Sheets-Sheet l [N VENT OR 0:04? W r/bfl/vsa/r M y 1933' o. w. JOHNSONCHEST FOR FLATWORK IRONER Filed Sept. 20, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2ATTORNEYS 50 plan view showing the two central chests of a flat is p vWith an Outlet passage 18 normally Patented Oct. 10, 1933 v I 1,929,978

M E S ATES P TENT FFICE CHEST FOR FLATWORKV IRONER Oscar WfiIohnson,Rochester, N. Y., assignorto The American Laundry Machinery Company,

Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio a 1 Application September 20',1930] Serial No. 483,270

r 1 2 Claims. (01. 68-9) i My invention relates to steam heated beds orthe drainage passagein each chest;Fig. 7isasec.-' chests andparticularly chests of the type used tional view taken on the line 7-7of Fig. 6; and in flat work ir'oners and whose surfaces are pol- Fig. 8is asectional view taken on the line 88 ished and engaged by paddedrolls forminga part of Fi 6,

5 of the ironer, the articles being fed between the Referring to thedrawings, I have shown one 60 rolls and chests inthe ironing operation.embodiment of my invention as comprising a It is well-known-t at in t eOpera o f fl steam chest for use in conjunction with a flat Work Steamis pp e t0.the C e t o work ironer which consists of a frame 1 providedthe P p Of heating them to p tfi d with horizontally projecting portions2 that form finish t0 the gOOdS passing Ver a it IleG- a support forsteam chestsor heated ironing essel'ily follows that means havebeen'rprevided members 3. These supporting portions or shelves forallowing the steam to exhaust from the chest f th frameare so arranged,as h wn in Figs. 1, and for removing the water of condensation. 5 nd 6,that one shelf supports the adjacent w in the 01d method of drainingthese fiat sides of two adjoining chests and the supports or work ironerchests 01' bed members, the. drain hel are arranged ith a gap the eb teen 70 a was taken off at the centre ofsthe chest which providing mom itth iddl of a h hest; has been-unsatisfactory in that the lower wallsmember for a connection to a drainage or steam of the chest are inclinedat. an angle creatin a inlet pipe, as in the ordinary construction, andthe pocketthatwould fillwith condensate from the upper .wall f a steamchest concave n steam used'for heating the chest thereby causing adaptedto be engaged by an ironing roll 4. Also, 75.

a dec ease in th ij h 0f the chest d thelower surface and floor 5 ofeachchest is inhlg the ironing e clined so that an apron 6 will snuglyadhere to It i o object of this invention-toyovercflme all of thechests. Such inclination of the floor this objection'by providing ameans wherein the of each chest causes a channel or pocket to be lowpoint of the chest is carried to the center f rm df t, the low levelalong one transverse edge thereof by means of P and channels, thlls asshown at 7' in Fig. lwhich will ordinarily colelimina the pocket. andlocatmg the dram lectliquid condensed from the steam used in at thislowpoint whereby the chest may be thorheating the chest; I V I V oughly'drained of any liquid that has condensed In accordance with inventioneach f the from th m steam chest members 3 is provided at itsends withAnother of my mven 101115.130 provlde outwardly extending feet 8 adaptedto rest on Steam chest the above type so deslgrted that the supports orshelves 2 as shown in Fig. 6 and not only are certain of the chestsreversible and being Secured thereto by means of bolts 9 each of adaptedfor use with any one of a number of the Su ppoits or shelves 2supporting the ad acent rolls of an nomng machine, but also this newends of two adjoining chest members. Each of type chest may be insertedas a replacement in I p the chests is also provided with two drainagemachines aheady m but wlthout requmng chambers 10 located at opposingends of the in- :a Serious modlfica'tlons m the frame plpmg teriorchamber A and formed by a top wall 11, a

.40 Various other objects of this invention may be side wall 12 havingaport 13 therethrough and seen in the following description and oneembodi connecting the interior of the chambers with the ment thereof maybe seen in the accompanying mtenor chamber A of the chest, a ln drawingswherein Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section floor 14 that mclmes toward thet e of the of a hat work ironer and showing a heating chest chest andlefads to Pasage 15 h i 5 in section; Fig. 2 is a sectional view showinga leads to an lnlet a h 16 to which a D 1 '7 190 chest constructed inaccordance with my invenmay be C(mheeted, t p p eervmg h p fp s tion;Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line of steam Inlet 0f carrylngway e llquld 3 3 of Fi 2; Fi 4 i a, ti l fragmentary condensed from thesteam within the chest to view taken on the line 4 4 f Fi 3; Fig 5 i anydesired point. Further, each chamber 10 work ironer, the center portionsof each chest beclosed by a p 19 Which p v a further ing broken away sothat both ends of each chest means for draining the chest, The chambersmay be shown; Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the and passages at eachside of the interior ofeach chest shown in Fig. 5. This view shows theinchest are identical, one of these chambers and ternal walls in dottedlines and the position of passages being used as a steam inlet and theno other being used as a steam outlet and as a drain for the liquidcondensed from the steam.

One of the features of my invention resides in the fact that certain ofthe steam chests that go accordance with my invention. As shown in Figs.5 and 6, the steam chest members 2Ua'frid"2l" may be turned end for endand reversed as to; That is, the chest may be" their positions. v turnedend for end and placed in theposition occupied by the chest 21 and thechest 21 may be turned end for end and placed" occupied by the chest 20.also true of all other chests located iI I SI respective positions thatgo to make up afffliali work ironer with the exception of the t'wdindchests which are necessarily special in construc tion as will be clearlyseen in Fig. 1 and are, therefore, noti reversible. Suchreversibilityris particularly advantageous in'a flat work, ironerembodying 'a plurality of rolls and chests, for instance six, in thatthe number of patterns're-- quiredfor making the'stear'n chests is onlyfour instead of the heretofore usual six. 7 Moreover, 'bybrihgingtheasupply inlet and drai'n'putl'et to'the middleof the ends:of; each chest member they are directly oppositethe gaps in'the' shelves2 and therefore more or less uniformly spacedialong'the machine.i'Indeed, such gaps are shown in "the drawings in substantially, thesame positions which they occupy in older machines "now in use butequipped with the former type: chests, where the drains havebeen ad an aeous f atu es As de from ehly advantageous feature arising J from the Hrever pi itye .fifiiififil- 9 t e es s a. means. is pro ded lq d a ningt e 1 eui lp eden$ati9n iromith isteemceqs s in su stant ally he w i r te w ch is he mo nvenien i e qii nary types of fiat work ironers whilestill eliminating the collection of condensed liquid at the low point ofthe chest which is along one transverse edge thereof. Thus, it ispossible to eliminate the effect of the condensate on the temperatureoithe chest and to ,maintainsuch temperaiei lore d a ly iii n; .fva fl fl-i fi f and advantageous features will be readily appare'iit';

-;What I claim is:

1. In a fiatwork ironing machine of the padded ro'll afidhiit'fiifidtype, a frame, a plurality of paddedrqllslying in substantially the samehorip1; A el in'lsa idfframe, a plurality of subuy uniformly spacedsupporting shelf members carried by said frame and formingpia'irs'fa-plhrality of separate hollow bed members havihgfeet restingon said shelf members and straggli g; the gaps between them, each bedmember having an ironing roll cooperating withtheupperwallikherlobzerwalknf saidmed forniing a floor inclined"interiorly ofithei b'edamember and longitudinaliy'ofthe-machine'towardiacondensate channel along- .the' *lowvlaiterally:extending edge ofthe'bdimemben-anwa ddwnwardly'slom ingdrainage'rconduit 'at-geachr endwofv-e'ach 'bed mmber"leadlng'-rm'msaid'-l'channel I to? a point op'po'sitethe gap' between'eachrpa'inof'shelifmembers, a hollow housing at geach"; bed :endcwi-thin one' ofthe gapsrarid qeommunica tingcwith."the corresponding conduit: andforming apar t: of 'the 2;A chest member for ironing-machines; com: 7

prising an" elongated hollow chambered 'member provi'dedwithan:upperrconcave lWBlL having an ironing"surfa;ce; said concavity"extending, longitudln'ally'. of'tsaid member and :'beingiof 'rsubstane'3 t-ially f'uniform depth throughoutithe alengthiof the member, andsaid hollowsmernber havingca lower'wallifonning a floo'rinclinedidownwardly from one longitudinally: 'gextending iiside, I of.=the

chamber-"towardrar'channelrat the? opposite, side T-ID ito

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,929,978. October it 1933.

OSCAR W. JOHNSON.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2,line 87, claim 1, for "pad" read bed; and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may onform tothe record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of December, A. l). 1933.

M. Hopkins,

( Seai) Acting Commissioner of Patent:

